If you normally ‘clean’ install a new version of macOS, how can or should you do that with Sonoma or another recent version on a modern Mac?
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Follow Apple’s instructions for a clean re-install, and you’ll probably hit an error, and be left floundering in Recovery mode with an unbootable system.
Scrub can now clean individual files properly, stripping extended attributes, saved versions, resetting their creation date, and more.
Can I clean my Mac Pro out using an industrial vacuum cleaner, or is there something better?
Some areas of my iMac display now look to be in need of a clean, as I can see specks of dust there. Can I clean them, or do I have to pay an engineer to do this?
The optical drive in our iMac refuses to read most disks, normally spitting them out even though the disks have usually spun up inside. What is wrong with it?
What to do to prepare an old Mac for a new home, or for scrap.
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